heard
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of hear.
half-heard
-
a word derived from
heard.
Example Sentences
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For many families, it's a familiar scene: heads bent over glowing screens, conversations half-heard and the outside world slowly slipping into the background.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
What’s more compelling than the half-heard table talk of a rock star, the story you have to complete yourself?
From Slate ● May 10, 2016
Through the months of development, I was keeping notes of images, phrases and other splinters of found language; and Arnie was jotting down shards of melodies and half-heard harmonies.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2012
She apparently half-heard what the tour guide presented.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2011
The yard was a white wilderness, fall of half-heard sounds that echoed strangely amidst the storm.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
